“Your medical team helps you with your physical health: your A1C goals, your medication, your prescriptions. That’s their job. But when you have a question about diabetes and the rest of your life, or you need support from people who understand? That’s what The Diabetes UnConference and the safe place it creates for open discussion is for.”
“There are components to living with diabetes that medical professionals simply just don’t understand; it is MORE than numbers. This is an opportunity to talk with others living through the same daily struggles to have a dialogue about what has and hasn’t worked, an open door policy where everything goes…”
“Building a strong patient community helps everyone. The Diabetes UnConference is one of the best ways to get to the heart of day-to-day living with diabetes while forging new important relationships that will keep us all healthy. Much like the Diabetes Online Community has grown to be incredibly important to so many, The Diabetes UnConference will do the same.”
“Coming together as adults with diabetes to talk openly and safely about the unmet needs in our lives feels like a big ‘missing piece’ in the puzzle right now. Let’s do something big to change that.”
